Abhijeet Dipke Rebuts Claims Questioning Boston University Degree
NEW DELHI — A controversy has broken out over Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke's educational credentials after podcaster Prakhar Gupta claimed an acquaintance who attended Boston University could not locate any record of Dipke graduating from the institution.
The claim surfaced during an episode of The Prakhar Gupta Xperience podcast featuring climate activist Sonam Wangchuk. Gupta said a close friend who studied at Boston University had actively supported the CJP-led demonstration at Jantar Mantar by producing media content. According to Gupta, the friend later examined Dipke's academic background and claimed to find no graduation records.
Dipke responded to the allegation on social media platform X, dismissing the claim while sharing a video that showed him attending an event linked to Boston University's College of Communication graduate community. In his post, Dipke wrote that it was not his fault that the individual's friends were not invited to graduate events, sharing footage sourced from an Instagram story by the BU COM Grad Student Council.
The questioning of Dipke's credentials comes despite Boston University itself having documented his graduation. In an article published in June 2026, the university's College of Communication identified Dipke as a graduate who completed his master's degree in public relations the prior year. That university profile included an interview where Dipke outlined how his coursework influenced the communication strategy for the CJP campaign.
Dipke has consistently stated that he earned a master's degree in public relations from Boston University, funded through an institutional scholarship alongside an education loan. He previously indicated he was prepared to present his degree and relevant documentation to verify his qualifications as scrutiny mounted over the backgrounds of CJP leaders following extended demonstrations over examination issues.
During the same podcast, Wangchuk addressed the political ambitions of Dipke and fellow organisers, stating that such aspirations were normal provided CJP continued to operate as an independent platform. Wangchuk noted the organisers had not explicitly disclosed political plans to him, but urged them to keep the movement a neutral, apolitical pressure group.
The controversy emerged shortly before the Supreme Court quashed 127 FIRs registered across five states against student demonstrators connected to the agitation. Following commitments made before the court, the CJP called off a planned September 5 march from India Gate to the Delhi Police headquarters.
